Waters Wavelength Podcast: Deutsche Bank’s Boon-Hiong Chan
Boon-Hiong Chan from Deutsche Bank joins the podcast to talk about blockchain interoperability.
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This week, Boon-Hiong Chan, Asia-Pacific head of securities and technology advocacy and industry applied innovation lead at Deutsche Bank, joins the podcast. They discuss the importance of blockchain interoperability and go into some methods and key requirements to achieve that.
7:00 – Boon joins the podcast and gives an overview of his current role
10:30 – They discuss why interoperability between different blockchains is important
16:30 – Interoperability can mean two things
18:30 – Boon explains the highlights from the whitepaper Deutsche Bank contributed to
22:30 – Centralized hub vs. bridges and key requirements
29:30 – On and off chain interoperability
33:00 – Cybersecurity considerations
36:30 – Other blockchain challenges
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